TDF Stages Archive
An online theatre magazine
Read about NYC’s best theatre and dance productions and watch video interviews with innovative artists
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The Life and Times of Matilda’s Second Dad
Welcome to Building Character , our ongoing look at actors and how they create their roles
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WATCH: Meet Stolen Chair
Meet more theatres!
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You’re Melodramatic. Just Accept It.
In An Octoroon , Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins explodes theatrical history —
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25 Years Later, He’s Playing This Man Again
Patrick Fitzgerald finds new life in Sea Marks —
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Creating Two Worlds for “If/Then”
Inside the development of the ambitious new musical —
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She May Be Gone, But We Can Finally See Her Play
— Brooklyn-based playwright and performer Oni Faida Lampley always used her personal life for inspiration. So when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 37 in 1996 (in the midst of nursing her infant child and on the cusp of her first significant movie role in Lone Star ), it was almost inevitable that she would write about it.
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Who Is Balanchine in the 21st Century?
New York City Ballet dancers reflect on their co-founder’s legacy
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Did This Play Predict the Future?
20 years later, Jon Robin Baitz’s “The Substance of Fire” seems eerily prescient about America — When Jon Robin Baitz sat down in 1991 to write a play about the demise of books and printing, he likely had no idea just how prescient he was. In 2014, however, The Substance of Fire seems remarkably accurate.
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Here’s How Hedwig Walks (and Falls)
And if it all looks spontaneous, then Liff has gotten what he wanted. After all, the show doubles as a rock concert, and Hedwig (Harris)—a transgender, East German emigre—is the punk-goddess star. As she teases the audience, belts out anthems with her band, and shares the sordid stories of her past, it wouldn’t make sense for her to seem completely polished. What kind of rock icon has every st